September 10 — On This Day
375 entries
Events
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506
The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
Bishop · Visigoth · Gaul · Council of Agde
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1419
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
John the Fearless · Duke of Burgundy · Assassination of John the Fearless · Dauphin of France · Charles VII of France
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1509
An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
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1515
Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
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1547
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
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1561
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
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1570
Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
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1608
John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
John Smith (explorer) · Council president · Jamestown, Virginia
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1776
American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
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1798
At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
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1813
The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
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1823
Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
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1846
Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
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1858
George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
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1897
Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
Lattimer massacre · Posse comitatus (common law) · Lattimer, Pennsylvania
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1898
Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
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1918
Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
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1919
Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) · Czechoslovakia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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1932
The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
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1936
First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
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1937
Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
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1939
World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
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1939
World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
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1942
World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
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1943
World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
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1960
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
1960 Summer Olympics · Abebe Bikila · Sub-Saharan Africa · Marathon
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1961
Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
1961 Italian Grand Prix · Wolfgang von Trips · Scuderia Ferrari
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1967
The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
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1974
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
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1976
A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
British Airways · Hawker Siddeley Trident · Adria Airways · McDonnell Douglas DC-9 · 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision
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1977
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
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2000
Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
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2001
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
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2002
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
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2007
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
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2008
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
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2017
Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in at least 134 deaths and over $62 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
Hurricane Irma · Cudjoe Key, Florida · Saffir-Simpson scale · Caribbean
Famous Births
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877
Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (d. 940)
Eutychius of Alexandria · Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa
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920
Louis IV of France (d. 954)
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1169
Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
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1487
Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
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1497
Wolfgang Musculus, German theologian (d. 1563)
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1550
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish general (d. 1615)
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1547
George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1596)
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1561
Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (d. 1634)
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1588
Nicholas Lanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1666)
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1624
Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (d. 1689)
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1638
Maria Theresa of Spain (d. 1683)
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1659
Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (d. 1695)
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1714
Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
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1753
John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall (d. 1837)
John Soane · Royal Academy of Arts · Freemasons' Hall, London
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1758
Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
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1786
Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (d. 1854)
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1786
William Mason, American surgeon and politician (d. 1860)
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1788
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author (d. 1868)
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1793
Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (d. 1834)
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1801
Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
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1821
William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (d. 1897)
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1836
Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
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1839
Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (d. 1912)
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1839
Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (d. 1914)
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1844
Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (d. 1918)
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1852
Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (d. 1937)
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1852
Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (d. 1935)
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1860
Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
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1864
Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (d. 1933)
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1866
Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (d. 1930)
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1871
Charles Collett, English engineer (d. 1952)
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1872
Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (d. 1933)
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1875
George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (d. 1957)
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1876
Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (d. 1942)
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1880
Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966)
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1884
Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (d. 1964)
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1885
Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (d. 1955)
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1885
Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (d. 1950)
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1886
H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (d. 1961)
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1887
Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978)
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1887
Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (d. 1976)
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1887
Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (d. 1961)
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1888
Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976)
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1889
Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (d. 1929)
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1890
Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1978)
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1890
Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1973)
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1890
Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
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1892
Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
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1893
Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
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1894
Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (d. 1956)
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1895
Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (d. 1976)
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1896
Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)
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1896
Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1970)
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1896
Ye Ting, Chinese general (d. 1946)
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1897
Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1962)
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1897
Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (d. 1976)
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1898
Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
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1898
Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
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1903
Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (d. 1974)
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1904
Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003)
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1904
Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972)
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1906
Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (d. 1937)
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1907
Alva R. Fitch, American general (d. 1989)
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1907
Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1997)
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1908
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
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1908
Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
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1908
Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (d. 1996)
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1912
Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (d. 2002)
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1913
Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (d. 2009)
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1914
Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1990)
Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine · Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
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1914
Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005)
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1915
Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
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1917
Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009)
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1919
Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (d. 1988)
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1920
Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (d. 2001)
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1921
Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
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1921
John W. Morris, American general (d. 2013)
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1923
Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (d. 2013)
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1924
Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
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1924
Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 2015)
Boyd K. Packer · President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
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1925
Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
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1925
Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric
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1925
Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
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1926
Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
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1927
Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (d. 2015)
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1928
Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and politician
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1928
Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (d. 1989)
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1928
Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche
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1929
Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
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1929
John Golding, English historian, scholar, and curator (d. 2012)
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1929
Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (d. 2016)
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1930
Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (d. 2006)
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1931
Isabel Colegate, English author and agent
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1931
Philip Baker Hall, American actor
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1932
Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer
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1933
Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and astronaut (d. 2000)
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1933
Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer
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1934
Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
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1934
Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
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1934
Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
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1934
Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator
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1934
Mr. Wrestling II, American wrestler
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1935
Mary Oliver, American poet
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1937
Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
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1937
Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
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1938
David Hamilton, English radio and television host
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1940
Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer
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1940
Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
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1940
Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013)
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1941
Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (d. 2002)
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1941
Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (d. 2014)
Christopher Hogwood · Harpsichord · Academy of Ancient Music
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1941
Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy (d. 1997)
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1942
Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer
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1943
Tezer Özlü, Turkish writer (b. 1986)
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1944
Thomas Allen, English actor, singer, and academic
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1945
José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1945
Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author
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1945
Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut
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1946
Michèle Alliot-Marie, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Michèle Alliot-Marie · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)
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1946
Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player
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1946
Don Powell, English rock drummer (Slade)
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1946
Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1947
Larry Nelson, American golfer
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1947
David Pountney, English director and manager
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1948
Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author
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1948
Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
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1948
Judy Geeson, English actress
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1948
Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach
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1948
Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
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1948
Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
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1949
Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter (Jethro Tull)
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1949
Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (d. 2017)
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1949
Don Muraco, American wrestler
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1949
Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
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1950
Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist
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1950
Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1951
Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic
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1951
Steve Keirn, American wrestler
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1951
Bill Rogers, American golfer
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1952
Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink
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1952
Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice
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1953
Amy Irving, American actress
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1953
John Thurso, Scottish businessman and politician
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1954
Jackie Ashley, English journalist
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1954
Lorely Burt, English politician
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1954
Don Wilson, American kickboxer and actor
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1955
Pat Mastelotto, American rock drummer
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1956
Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter (The Boomtown Rats)
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1957
Kate Burton, Swiss-born British actress
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1957
Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter (T'Pau)
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1958
Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1958
Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
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1959
Michael Earl, American actor, singer, and puppeteer (d. 2015)
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1960
Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator
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1960
Margaret Ferrier, Scottish politician
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1960
Colin Firth, English actor and producer
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1960
Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1960
David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1961
Trace Gallagher, American journalist
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1963
Randy Johnson, American baseball player and actor
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1963
Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
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1964
John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician
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1966
Yuki Saito, Japanese singer and actress
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1966
Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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1968
Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager
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1968
Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1968
Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter
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1969
Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player
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1969
Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1970
Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper
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1970
Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager
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1970
Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter
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1970
Neera Tanden, American lawyer and policy analyst
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1971
Joe Bravo, American jockey
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1972
James Duval, American actor and producer
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1972
Bente Skari, Norwegian skier
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1973
Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
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1973
Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist
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1973
Tim Stimpson, English rugby player
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1974
Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer and coach
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1974
Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician
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1974
Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer
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1974
Ben Wallace, American basketball player
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1975
Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster
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1975
Melanie Pullen, American photographer
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1976
Marty Holah, New Zealand rugby player
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1976
Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
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1976
Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
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1976
Matt Morgan, American wrestler
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1976
Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player
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1977
Mike DiBiase, American wrestler
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1977
Caleb Ralph, New Zealand rugby player
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1978
Julia Goldsworthy, English politician
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1978
Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
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1980
Trevor Murdoch, American wrestler
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1980
Mikey Way, American bass player and songwriter
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1981
Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
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1981
Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer
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1981
Bonnie Maxon, American wrestler
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1982
Misty Copeland, American ballerina and author
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1982
Javi Varas, Spanish footballer
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1983
Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer
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1983
Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer
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1983
Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player
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1984
Sander Post, Estonian footballer
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1984
Harry Treadaway, English actor
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1984
Luke Treadaway, English actor
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1984
Drake Younger, American wrestler
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1985
Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer
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1985
James Graham, English rugby league player
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1985
Neil Walker, American baseball player
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1986
Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter
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1986
Eoin Morgan, English cricketer
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1987
Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player
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1987
Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
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1987
Alex Saxon, American actor
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1988
Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler
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1988
Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
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1989
Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
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1989
Matt Ritchie, English footballer
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1989
Lee Sawyer, English footballer
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1991
Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer
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1992
Ricky Ledo, American basketball player
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1992
Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
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1992
Tobu, Latvian music producer
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1997
Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer
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1998
Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player
Famous Deaths
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210 BC
Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (b. 260 BC)
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602
Dugu Qieluo, empress of the Chinese Sui dynasty (b. 544)
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689
Guo Zhengyi, official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
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710
Li Chongfu, imperial prince of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. c. 680)
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918
Baldwin II, Frankish margrave (b. c. 865)
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952
Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (b. 885)
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954
Louis IV, king of West Francia (b. 920)
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1167
Matilda of England, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1102)
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1197
Henry II, Count of Champagne (b. 1166)
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1217
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, English politician
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1281
John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal (b. 1237)
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1306
Nicholas of Tolentino, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1245)
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1308
Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)
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1364
Robert of Taranto, King of Albania
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1382
Louis I of Hungary (b. 1326)
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1384
Joanna of Dreux, Countess of Penthievre and Duchess of Brittany (b. 1319)
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1419
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1371)
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1479
Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, Italian cardinal and humanist (b. 1422)
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1482
Federico da Montefeltro, Italian warlord (b. 1422)
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1504
Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1480)
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1519
John Colet, English theologian and scholar (b. 1467)
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1549
Anthony Denny, English politician (b. 1501)
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1591
Richard Grenville, English admiral and politician (b. 1542)
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1604
William Morgan, Welsh bishop and translator (b. 1545)
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1607
Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1545)
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1669
Henrietta Maria of France (b. 1609)
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1676
Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (b. 1609)
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1748
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
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1749
Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
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1759
Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (b. 1703)
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1797
Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (b. 1759)
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1842
William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
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1842
Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
Letitia Christian Tyler · John Tyler · List of First Ladies of the United States
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1851
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (b. 1787)
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1867
Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1788)
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1889
Charles III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1818)
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1891
David Humphreys Storer, American physician and naturalist (b. 1804)
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1898
Empress Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1837)
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1905
Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
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1915
Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
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1915
Bagha Jatin, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1879 )
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1919
J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (b. 1856)
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1922
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (b. 1840)
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1923
Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1887)
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1931
Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1869)
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1931
Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American gangster (b. 1886)
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1933
Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
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1933
Baconin Borzacchini, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
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1933
Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver (b. 1899)
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1934
George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1850)
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1935
Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1893)
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1937
Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1892)
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1938
Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
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1939
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)
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1948
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
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1952
Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (b. 1866)
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1954
Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (b. 1908)
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1961
Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (b. 1880)
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1961
Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (b. 1928)
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1965
Father Divine, American spiritual leader (b. 1880)
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1966
Emil Julius Gumbel, German mathematician and statistician (b. 1891)
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1971
Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (b. 1932)
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1973
Cornelia Meigs, American author and playwright (b. 1884)
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1975
Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (b. 1899)
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1975
George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
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1976
Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1905)
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1979
Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (b. 1922)
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1983
Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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1983
Norah Lofts, English author (b. 1904)
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1983
Jon Brower Minnoch, American heaviest man (b. 1941)
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1983
B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
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1985
Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1893)
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1985
Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
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1987
Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (b. 1937)
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1988
Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1916)
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1991
Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
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1994
Charles Drake, American actor (b. 1917)
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1996
Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1922)
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1996
Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
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2000
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1921)
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2004
Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (b. 1927)
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2005
Hermann Bondi, Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1919)
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2005
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
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2006
Patty Berg, American golfer (b. 1918)
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2006
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Tongan king (b. 1918)
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2007
Anita Roddick, English businesswoman, founded The Body Shop (b. 1942)
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2007
Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (b. 1930)
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2007
Ted Stepien, American businessman (b. 1925)
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2007
Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917)
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2008
Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
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2008
Vernon Handley, English conductor (b. 1930)
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2011
Cliff Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)
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2012
Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (b. 1934)
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2012
Robert Gammage, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
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2012
Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (b. 1935)
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2012
Stanley Long, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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2012
John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (b. 1922)
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2013
John Hambrick, American journalist and actor (b. 1940)
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2013
Ibrahim Makhous, Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1925)
Ibrahim Makhous · Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
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2013
Josef Němec, Czech boxer (b. 1933)
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2013
E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant and politician (b. 1939)
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2013
Jack Vance, Canadian general (b. 1933)
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2014
Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934)
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2014
Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
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2014
Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
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2014
George Spencer, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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2014
Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (b. 1944)
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2015
Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1918)
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2015
Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
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2015
Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (b. 1927)